CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
8th INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN
PALLIATIVE CARE AND ALLIED SERVICES
CONFERENCE 2025
Theme: 20 Years of Palliative and Comprehensive Chronic Care for Sustainable Development in Africa
DEADLINE for SUBMISSION IS 8th April 2025
The African Palliative Care Association calls for the participation of multidisciplinary teams, academia, interagency development partners, civil society, policymakers, and all partners at the 8th International African Palliative Care Conference. This participation will involve sharing experiences, lessons, innovations, successes, and failures in program implementation, patient and family care, education, advocacy, innovation, research, and policy development.
Tracks
Innovations, Delivery Models, and Technological Interventions
- Exploring innovative models of palliative care delivery to improve access, quality, and sustainability.
- Highlighting the role of technology and Artificial Technology (AI) in enhancing diagnostics, imaging, and patient-centered care.
- Addressing...
- Exploring innovative models of
palliative care delivery to improve access, quality, and sustainability.
- Highlighting the role of technology
and Artificial Technology (AI) in enhancing diagnostics, imaging, and
patient-centered care.
- Addressing the availability,
access, and use of essential palliative care medicines, including oral liquid
morphine, and other medicines used for symptom management.
- Strategies for Integrating Palliative Care into the
health system to ensure accessibility of services e.g. Primary Health Care (PHC), community-based approaches,
developing hospital and home care teams.
- Palliative
care as a cornerstone in mainstream disease management including timely integration into the management of specific conditions
and rehabilitation, e.g.
neurologic conditions, sickle cell disease, diabetes, cancer, heart disease,
etc;
- Utilising diagnostics and imaging technologies in palliative
care and allied health services.
- Strengthening and expanding the inter-disciplinary team for palliative care e.g. physiotherapy, pharmacy, traditional healers.
Strengthening Palliative Care Education, Training, Leadership and Advocacy
- Building education and training programmes to strengthen palliative care knowledge and skills among healthcare providers, policymakers, and communities.
- Establishing palliative care teaching in African universities e.g. medical and nursing schools...
- Building education and training
programmes to strengthen palliative care knowledge and skills among healthcare
providers, policymakers, and communities.
- Establishing palliative care teaching in African universities e.g. medical and nursing schools widely and stimulate research could be addressed.
- Developing, empowering and mentoring the palliative care leaders of the future.
- Strengthening advocacy strategies and communication around palliative care.
Paediatric and Adolescent Palliative Care
- Addressing the unique palliative care needs of neonates, babies, children, and adolescents and their families.
- Exploring family-centered approaches, caregiver support, and strategies to improve outcomes for paediatric patients.
- Supporting children...
- Addressing the unique palliative care needs of neonates, babies, children, and adolescents and their families.
- Exploring family-centered approaches, caregiver support, and strategies to improve outcomes for paediatric patients.
- Supporting children and adolescents through the many transitions that they experience during their life and their treatments.
Psychosocial, Spiritual, and Holistic Approaches
- Integrating spirituality, psychosocial support, mental health and creative arts into palliative care to address emotional and psychological well-being.
- Discussing approaches to support patients and families through death, dying, and bereavement,...
- Integrating spirituality, psychosocial support, mental health and creative arts into palliative care to address emotional and psychological well-being.
- Discussing approaches to support patients and families through death, dying, and bereavement, with an emphasis on cultural sensitivity and holistic care.
- Caring for the Caregiver.
Ethical, Legal, Financing and Policy Dimensions of Palliative Care
- Examining ethics, laws, and policies in palliative care, including issues related to patient autonomy, informed consent, access to essential medications.
- Addressing end-of-life care planning, decision-making, and compassionate bereavement support.
- Discussing...
- Examining ethics, laws, and policies in palliative care, including issues related to patient autonomy, informed consent, access to essential medications.
- Addressing end-of-life care planning, decision-making, and compassionate bereavement support.
- Discussing policy solutions to improve equitable access to palliative care services and essential medications.
- Financing Palliative Care and allied health services.
Palliative care in crisis: humanitarian, climate, pandemics.
- Developing strategies and policies to strengthen palliative care systems and provision in the face of humanitarian crises such as climate change, conflict, and displacement.
- Strengthening the health care in palliative...
- Developing strategies and policies to strengthen palliative care systems and provision in the face of humanitarian crises such as climate change, conflict, and displacement.
- Strengthening the health care in palliative care medicines
Important Notice:
Abstracts will be considered for any of the following: oral or poster presentations or workshops.
We will have three languages for this conference (English, French, and Portuguese).
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Policy Makers
Patient Advocates
Civil Society
Academia
Physicians
Nurses
Allied Health Professionals
Music Therapists
Chaplains
Families
Patients
Caregivers
Parents
Researchers
Evaluators
Administrators
Clinical Leaders
Child Life Specialists
Social Workers
Counsellors
Volunteers
Coalition Leaders
Educators
Submission Guidelines and Deadlines
Submission Guidelines
Welcome to this insightful recording on Writing Winning Abstracts, presented by Prof. Ikeoluwapo Ajayi. In this session, Prof. Ajayi shares practical advice and expert tips with APCA members and partners on crafting compelling abstracts. This presentation is designed to help you prepare effectively for the 8th International African Palliative Care and Allied Services Conference, scheduled for 23-26 September 2025 at the Gaborone International Convention Centre in Gaborone, Botswana. 📌 Whether you're new to abstract writing or looking to refine your skills, this recording offers valuable guidance to help your submission stand out.
400 words
- Abstracts should be submitted by the Responsible Author via the abstract submission page on the conference website
- Abstracts will not be accepted by any other route including email
- Abstracts should not exceed 400 words excluding the Title and Authors
- Abstracts are due no later than 8th April 2025 0:00 midnight East Africa time
- Abstracts of empirical studies, secondary analysis, and systematic reviews must include: (Background, context, aims, Methods, programme interventions, Results/lessons, Discussion, and conclusion)
- Abstracts for non-empirical work should include: (Aims or goal of the work, Design, methods and approach taken, Results and Conclusion/Lessons learned)
- Submitted abstracts should include a proposed track or thematic area
- Aims and objectives should be clear and specific
- Presentation preference type (oral/poster/workshop)
- Any disclosure statements must be signed and returned with the abstract
- Please include the E-mail address for the corresponding authors
- The Scientific Committee will attempt to respect the authors option regarding their self-assignment to a special track, but it reserves the right to change the allocation to achieve a well-balanced scientific programme
Important Deadlines
